Published May 2012 | Version public
Journal Article

Pure strategy Nash equilibria in non-zero sum colonel Blotto games

  • 1. ROR icon London School of Economics and Political Science
  • 2. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Abstract

We analyze a Colonel Blotto game in which opposing parties have differing relative intensities. In other words, the game is non-zero sum because colonels have asymmetric and heterogeneous battlefield valuations. We characterize the colonels' payoffs that sustain a pure strategy equilibrium and present an algorithm that reaches the equilibrium actions (when they exist). Finally we show that the set of games with a pure strategy equilibria is non-empty.

Additional Information

© Springer-Verlag 2011. Accepted: 25 May 2011 / Published online: 18 June 2011. We thank Antonio Cabrales, Tom Palfrey, Antoni Rubi and an anonymous referee for helpful comments. Formerly SSWP 1335.

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83770
DOI
10.1007/s00182-011-0288-4
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CaltechAUTHORS:20171208-160257129

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